Special Educational Needs

The term ‘special educational needs’ refers to children who have learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for them to learn than most children of the same age. Many children will have special needs of some kind at some time during their education. This measure shows the number of children in any special educational needs category as a percentage of all pupils.

Number of children with special educational needs

Area

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Ashburton & Buckfastleigh ED

354

398

367

309

332

312

Q3 - Average

6,090

5,925

5,302

4,974

4,959

5,002

Teignbridge

3,341

3,482

3,036

2,736

2,870

2,611

Devon

19,720

19,688

17,108

16,150

16,205

16,288

Southern LCP

3,644

3,795

3,320

2,935

3,068

2,802

Percentage of children with special educational needs

Area

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Ashburton & Buckfastleigh ED

22.5%

24.8%

22.7%

18.9%

20.0%

19.0%

Q3 - Average

20.7%

20.3%

18.1%

16.7%

16.4%

16.4%

Teignbridge

20.9%

22.0%

19.0%

17.1%

17.7%

16.0%

Devon

21.3%

21.2%

18.3%

17.1%

17.0%

16.9%

Southern LCP

20.4%

21.5%

18.9%

16.7%

17.3%

15.8%

Percentage trend of children with special educational needs

Percentage of children with special educational needs(latest data)

About this data

Source: Devon County Council Licence: Open Government Licence Licence URL: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Numerator: Number of pupils in any special educational needs category Denominator: Number of primary and secondary pupils